Perhaps had they known then what we know now, they might just have taken better care of them rather than shoving them in their pockets and, heaven forbid, actually using them to play the Pokemon Trading Card game
You also have a range of video-game-themed cards like Level Up, which gives you double +1/+1 counters after attacking, and High Score, which lets you draw cards for having the strongest creature on the board
If you attack in a four-player game, that's three Evangelists threatening to copy themselves
This is a 1/1 creature with flash that costs just one black and one colorless mana, and it has an 'enters the battlefield' ability that consistently deals damage and amasses Orcs
Ultimately, if both players are happy with what is being presented than that's fine